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by ogre_magi
2784 days ago
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That's enough debris to choke off LEO, but it wont stay up there for very long. You'd need to refresh the debris cloud every few decades. Edit to add: The easier and cheaper villainous way to deny spaceflight to someone is just to shoot missiles at their spacecraft. |
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Missiles can be pretty expensive, and if you go far downscale on cost and capabilities, you'll need to recruit fanatics who are willing to get caught every time a missile is fired at a spacecraft.
On the other hand, if the fleet of BFRs grows in numbers, then 100 flights of a BFR might be pretty inexpensive for a military operation that affects all strategic theaters at once.
The chief advantage of missiles, would be the ability to not shoot down your own rockets.